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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Axel Jansen, Munich, DE;
Robert Hein, Blonhofen, DE;
Roland Bader, Munich, DE;
Carsten Isert, Munich, DE;
Axel Jansen, Munich, DE;
Robert Hein, Blonhofen, DE;
Roland Bader, Munich, DE;
Carsten Isert, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for position determination for a motor vehicle includes the acts of: satellite based determination of a geographical position of the motor vehicle, providing digital road map data, which include at least information about road segments in the surroundings of the geographical position; carrying out a first determining step for determining at least a first road segment, on which the motor vehicle is located with high probability, wherein the first determining step is based on a matching of the geographical position with the digital road map data; retrieval of traffic lane data, regarding at least the number of traffic lanes for the first road segment, from the road map database; determining the traffic lane, in which the motor vehicle is currently traveling, by use of at least the traffic lane data; and carrying out a second determining step for determining a second road segment, on which the motor vehicle is located with high probability, wherein the second determining step is based on a matching of the geographical position with the digital road map data and at least the traffic lane, in which the vehicle is traveling.